The 10 Best Dream Pop Albums
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6 жыл бұрынCoined in the late 1980s to describe the slow, jazzy psychedelia by the British duo A.R. Kane, the term “dream pop” soon came to describe a genre of its own. Coalescing first around the trendsetting London label 4AD, the new sound discovered whole musical universes inside its gauzy lullabies. Three decades later, dream pop possesses a rich, generation-spanning canon of its own.
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The 10 Best Dream Pop Albums
@chelseakeepsitreal 6 жыл бұрын
I agree that Heaven or Las Vegas was the best album on the list.
@shawnjimenez5334 6 жыл бұрын
Chelsea Martinez I was telling my current girlfriend how when that album came out, ever girl that hung out during that time and heard it, ended up stealing it sooner or later... I'm sure I bought over 10 copies that year.
@recuatico 6 жыл бұрын
tod@s lo esperábamos.
@chelseakeepsitreal 6 жыл бұрын
shawn jimenez can u blame them lmao😅. Same thing happened to my Banksy graffiti documentary Exit through the gift shop. Men and women both stole it from me lol
@hu-dp2kx Жыл бұрын
I agree that HoLV was one of the best albums ever
@abelcastrejon7759 6 жыл бұрын
Beach House ❤
@OVXX666 6 жыл бұрын
y e s
@thesidik168 6 жыл бұрын
Yehhh..!!!
@Tburna02 5 жыл бұрын
Yeeeeaaaahhh buddy!!!! Depression Cherry is my favorite album by them.
@treasurem2491 4 жыл бұрын
They are theeeeeee best
@alternativstar5 3 жыл бұрын
My favorite Band
@moby9268 6 жыл бұрын
The 10 Best Dream Pop Albums 1. Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas 2. Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See 3. Beach House - Teen Dream 4. Galaxie 500 - On Fire 5. Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out 6. Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill 7. Broadcast - Tender Buttons 8. This Mortal Coil - It'll End in Tears 9. Beach House - Bloom 10. Juliee Cruise - Floating Into the Night
@ggthewhale 5 жыл бұрын
Team dream? Lmao bloom is infinitely better
@Ocinneade345 5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely agree with No. 1
@nicklagoni7306 5 жыл бұрын
teen dream so overrated reeee
@lombremic4840 4 жыл бұрын
Treasure is better than HoLV
@ggthewhale 4 жыл бұрын
@@OkaySoShit lmao yes
@user-dl9th9dp2p 6 жыл бұрын
Cocteau Twins is still the best music I've ever heard. Deep and dreamy classic.
@Chris.Treborn 11 ай бұрын
Heard her sing with Jeff Buckley?
@coronahess 6 жыл бұрын
Cocteau Twins they're THE Dream-Pop Artists.
@thecitizenjoan 6 жыл бұрын
Was gonna complain that Beach House is on the list 2 Times but they really are the epitome of "Dream Pop"
@HeyHeyChey 6 жыл бұрын
J. Montrice I can't get into bloom at all. The woman's voice pushes you out any bliss you might want to experience
@nathanjs55 6 жыл бұрын
True, but it should have been Cocteau Twins that had 2 albums on here.
@EclecticoIconoclasta 6 жыл бұрын
Mazzy Star and Hope Sandoval are for me the kings of this genre
@nathanjs55 6 жыл бұрын
Amen! Second only to Cocteau Twins/Elizabeth Frazier for me.
@junepassingthrouthegate8810 6 жыл бұрын
nathanjs55 Totally agree.
@user-gn2zr5to4u 6 жыл бұрын
long season by fishmans deserves a spot on this list
@rashotcake6945 3 жыл бұрын
I’m waiting for pitchfork to acknowledge them
@emmityemmity6159 3 жыл бұрын
Honestly they’re so good they deserve a spot
@Arcticneo_ 2 жыл бұрын
soooo overrated
@matinajazmine 4 жыл бұрын
The most underrated genre
@kylee1434 6 жыл бұрын
Beach House is so dreamy ah 💕
@pip6293 6 жыл бұрын
cocteau twins have my heart ❣️
@anhoipolloi8670 6 жыл бұрын
Glad to see Heaven or Las Vegas at n. 1. No contest in my opinion, but it seems a lot of younger guys never heard about them. Pitchfork gave them a huge opportunity.
@josephblumenberg6574 6 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna have to check these out! Nice work, Pitchfork!
@Autissm420 6 жыл бұрын
yes i love that broadcast made it on this list, honestly im shocked to see a pitchfork list thats not garbage!
@fuzzydunlop4513 6 жыл бұрын
honestly their lists about music that isn't contemporary are great.
@Olhado256 6 жыл бұрын
Why are you here then?
@Autissm420 6 жыл бұрын
Earl Lemongrab because i can do what i want you lemon headed fuck
@marcobazan4187 6 жыл бұрын
Hippy69 pitchfork is overhated
@CrescimoneMatt 6 жыл бұрын
Agreed so hard. Overrated and given too much status? Sure. Bad? Not at all imo. Much, much better than a lot of music sites. The people who hate on P4k for the wrong reasons (or no reason at all) are probably mostly either edgy teens or - ironically - massive hipsters. Also I think they deserve some praise for covering a fairly wide variety of musical genres, which plenty of critical sites of similar stature don't do as much.
@Brytons_Thoughts 6 жыл бұрын
Galaxie 500 was really ahead of their time, Today is such a masterpiece of an album. And their rendition of Ceremony is one of the greatest Joy Division covers I've ever heard.
@Olhado256 6 жыл бұрын
I'm not into dream pop at all but Galaxie 500 were special. Maybe it's because the vocals tended to be more grounded (and majestic in their imperfection) rather than the more usual dream pop cooing/murmuring?
@danielb7204 6 жыл бұрын
Earl Lemongrab this is exactly what I have thought for a long time. Really into dreamy music with grounded vocals, the airy female vocals get tired for me real quick
@andeez4663 5 жыл бұрын
Pretty good cover but I prefer Radiohead's.
@otterdonnelly9959 2 жыл бұрын
@@andeez4663 New Order's (if we count it) and Galaxie's are both better than Radiohead's imo.
@jaimesantiago1873 6 жыл бұрын
stoked to see grouper on the list! "Dragging a Dead Deer..." is a masterpiece
@nathanjs55 6 жыл бұрын
Jaime Santiago that one surprised me, as it’s more ambient/drone than anything else, but is definitely deserving of this list!
@WorldFungusChamp 6 жыл бұрын
RIP Trish Keenan ;_;
@boywonders 6 жыл бұрын
Wild Nothing "Nocturne" would have fit nicely on here
@Darticus42 5 жыл бұрын
Derek January absolutely
@Anthony-kp7sf 5 жыл бұрын
but that would've been an actual dream pop album and they're listing literally anything except for dream pop. and also its not female fronted so obviously cant be on the list.
@nursebridgie 3 жыл бұрын
So goood!
@traviscook3990 2 жыл бұрын
@@Anthony-kp7sf beach house isnt dream pop? ok man.. and galaxie 500 doesnt have female vox either. zzz
@Spontamar 6 жыл бұрын
We need more of these lists! This one was fantastic.
@dougthealligator 3 жыл бұрын
Beach House had the best hot streak of the decade. Teen Dream Bloom Depression Cherry Thank Your Lucky Stars No one touched it.
@felixcharles9773 3 жыл бұрын
7 > TYLS
@Soundofsilver2007 24 күн бұрын
Yes
@alterniemand73 6 жыл бұрын
Great to see Broadcast in this list. But for me Haha Sound is their greatest and dream-poppiest album with so unbelievable songs like Valerie, Ominous cloud or Winter now. Rip Trish, a fascinating woman with a voice that brings you to your knees
@johnathanw36 4 жыл бұрын
Still corners is a group that I feel needs more recognition.
@Gassyyetclassy 6 жыл бұрын
Very informative. Thank you, Pitchfork!
@PoorMuttski 6 жыл бұрын
Man... I was sweating, worried that Cocteau Twins wouldn’t get a spot on this list. But, of course they got the No. 1 spot! Not sure that Heaven Or Las Vegas is their best, but it is definitely their most polished, before they started getting boring.
@ilsuede 6 жыл бұрын
"Reading, Writing and Arithmetic" - The Sundays
@nathanjs55 6 жыл бұрын
ilsuede 2 that album definitely should have been included, over Yo La Tengo, at least.
@EclecticoIconoclasta 6 жыл бұрын
it´s number 15 on the list of 30 albums
@nathanjs55 6 жыл бұрын
I was happy when I saw that.
@ErikBlankenship 4 жыл бұрын
Don't forget "Blind", another great Sundays album.
@iutopian9322 4 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I would have replaced it it Yo La Tengo and also replaced Beach House's Bloom with Eccsame the Photon Band by Lillys.
@HectorEPagan-ld8bf 6 жыл бұрын
The Radio Dept. are also really good. Amazing to see Teen Dream on here. Best dream pop record of the century so far. So grand.
@emilioo6350 6 жыл бұрын
Essential for summer
@Keyan28 6 жыл бұрын
Missing Souvlaki by Slowdive
@christopherhau3974 6 жыл бұрын
Keyan28 Check out their Top 10 Shoegaze albums of all time and you'll find Souvlaki at a staggering number 2, though I agree Souvlaki set the tone of the dream pop in the 21st century.
@KpopHwaitingvip 5 жыл бұрын
alex g man! wassup
@OblivionXE 3 жыл бұрын
Dream Pop / Shoegaze
@smarty2985 6 жыл бұрын
mazzy star will forever be my favorite band (edit) that and cocteau twins
@sourcherry23 6 жыл бұрын
Fantastic list, already heard most of these. 😊
@isidromartinez5860 6 жыл бұрын
Puro Beach House a la vergaaaa ❤🔥
@lynchstan9745 6 жыл бұрын
I haven't even finished the list, but I just had to say that it's dope to see Broadcast get some love. Goddamn did they deserve some.
@mmmmmmmmmmmmm1109 6 жыл бұрын
im so glad broadcast earned a spot. tender buttons is a hidden gem, so is Broadcast in general. it’s nice to see them recognized, i was expecting a wild nothing or DIIV to somehow get thrown in. R.I.P Trish Keenan
@mothsinthecanyon 3 жыл бұрын
I love that all of the musical transitions use high pass filter sweeps
@antoniopedropessoa5063 6 жыл бұрын
Lovely Pitchfork, although I expected some _The Radio Dept_ this is undoubtly good
@olivia1207 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this!!!
@SkinnyEMedia 4 жыл бұрын
I often get confused between dream pop and shoegaze due to its airy, electronic, reverb-heavy nature. Something about Cocteau's music reminds me of the melodies of Boards of Canada with the spacey, atmospheric sound? Hope I'm not the only one?
@marianasampaioflor9376 6 жыл бұрын
Fiquei super feliz por terem incluído "It I'll End In Tears" do This Mortal Coil
@ceiklosv 6 жыл бұрын
Literally crying, amazing the inclusion of Broadcast♥
@sonial1839 5 жыл бұрын
I miss her too
@nathanjs55 6 жыл бұрын
This is the greatest list you have ever made, but then again, dream pop is my favorite genre, so I’m pretty biased :) Just wished you’d have included Victorialand by Cocteau Twins somehow, as that was the true birth of dream pop, in my opinion.
@wangdave5574 6 жыл бұрын
I agree I was actually surprised there were only two Cocteau Twins in the top 30 list
@JasonTopo 6 жыл бұрын
yay grouper
@thuccie 6 жыл бұрын
love seeing any broadcast love on any video, and although tender buttons is great and amazing, i do prefer haha sound just a bit more
@50ShadesOfEndo 6 жыл бұрын
On Fire and So Tonight I Might See are so damn good
@SkinnyEMedia 3 жыл бұрын
Love Broadcast but I don’t quite consider them ‘dream pop’ but more ‘indie electronic’ akin to Add N to X.
@michaelespinosa9168 6 жыл бұрын
How is blind by the Sundays not on this list? It's my #1 for sure. Harriet wheeler's voice is like an angel's dream.
@twenty3electronics 2 жыл бұрын
Their debut is significantly stronger than Blind
@michaelespinosa9168 2 жыл бұрын
@@twenty3electronics Blind is their finest hour
@njb1126 Жыл бұрын
Cannot upvote this enough
@njb1126 Жыл бұрын
@@michaelespinosa9168 I see what you did there
@tommacari4103 Жыл бұрын
I agree, where are The Sundays on this list?????
@casonfikes 6 жыл бұрын
Not having Long Season by Fishmans on this list is a severe oversight on their part.
@FunnyValentine 4 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@traderjoes7976 4 жыл бұрын
Cason Fikes Maybe they consider it a song not an album
@ahahaja1136 3 жыл бұрын
Cason Fikes my fav song ever
@brainproductions1 4 жыл бұрын
Cocteau Twins deserved more on this list, at least 02 or 03 more albums described!
@immersed.in.darkness 6 жыл бұрын
My fav 5 dream pop albums of all time Beach House - Teen Dream Slowdive - Souvlaki Cocteau Twins - Treasure Galaxie 500 - On Fire Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
@wheresmyarm 2 жыл бұрын
Juliee Cruise - Floating Into the Night Beach House - Bloom This Mortal Coil - It'll End in Tears Broadcast - Tender Buttons Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill Yo La Tengo - And then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out Galaxie 500 - On Fire Beach House - Teen Dream Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
@totepssbm 5 жыл бұрын
Anyone who hasn’t listened to Heaven or Las Vegas and likes any of the other albums on the list PLEASE listen to it
@pinku708 5 жыл бұрын
Hey heaven or Las Vegas is by far the best.Good job pitchfork.
@yakman94 6 жыл бұрын
A spot-on top 10 list from Pitchfork???? This is it people, the end is here, it’s coming
@featherycoffee1401 3 жыл бұрын
Well... The end was coming, you were right
@nikokaapa 6 жыл бұрын
I'd argue that "Souvlaki" is dream pop to the CORE. Shoegaze? Sure. But Dream Pop as well. Some clever person (@Haruhi) once wrote a review of Souvlaki at rateyourmusic.com and it went like this: "If Loveless is the noisy side of the coin, Souvlaki is the dreamy side. Yes it is a beautiful coin."
@WoodsyOnBass 6 жыл бұрын
I would easily add Jay Som's "Turn Into" as an honorable mention here.
@SkinnyEMedia 4 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Trish Keenan, a beauty within independent music alongside Bilinda Butcher, Miki Berenyi, Bjork, and Beth Gibbons.
@andresvillogas4025 6 жыл бұрын
no Long Seasom by Fishmans or Souvlaki by Slowdive (which is more dream pop than shoegaze)????
@SEGAClownboss 6 жыл бұрын
Hey yeah, forreal, Fishmans is bonafide dream pop. I wonder if it just slipped by the staff. Slowdive seems more to be put in a pen with MBV as some sort of rival though, and it's why it can't avoid the connotation it is somehow shoegaze...
@averyisland 6 жыл бұрын
thank you for saying Long Season
@phantommagnolia 6 жыл бұрын
Broadcast ♡♡
@levi-homer 3 жыл бұрын
dragging a dead deer is definitely an ambient pop record but i’m not complaining liz deserves more love
@mintyulip 6 жыл бұрын
y'all did good this time
@starsandspit 6 жыл бұрын
Minipop - A New Hope. The best in my mind. Criminally unknown and/or forgotten.
@nathanjs55 6 жыл бұрын
starsandspit thanks for the recommendation! I’m going to look them up!
@SecretNUTsify 6 жыл бұрын
LISTEN I WAS LOOKING FOR THE GENRE WITH SO MANY SONGS THAT ARE INSPIRED BY IT, AND I FINALLY FOUND IT! "Dream Pop" 💗
@marcni 6 жыл бұрын
Loved the list, but missed Radio Dept. and maybe even Julia Holter's presence. Anyhow, impressed to see Broadcast here!
@PinkBoardProducts 6 жыл бұрын
great list, i was hoping youd give me something ive never heard of tho, but i guess im just a huge (emotional) nerd
@IvanPerez-dr6rh 6 жыл бұрын
But y’all posted Heaven Or Las Vegas #90 on best album of the 90s... quit playing with me P4K 😩
@nicholasromig5506 6 жыл бұрын
I don't think these ideas are opposed. if cocteau twins are the best dream pop band and released the best dream pop album, there may well still be 89 other, better records released in the 90s.
@SkinnyEMedia 4 жыл бұрын
Where is The Sundays' "Reading, Writing, Arithmetic"?
@manny5372 4 жыл бұрын
Perfect top 3
@belzebub6663 3 жыл бұрын
mazzy star will remain the best dream pop act till the end of the world
@WinstonGuitar 6 жыл бұрын
If you're gonna have one band appear twice on such a short list, you should have put put two Cocteau Twins albums. Victorialand is different enough from Las Vegas, and appeared much earlier - that would have been fine. Two Beach House albums? Not so much. However, the list would have been perfect if it had skipped the 2nd Beach House record, and put Slowdive "Just For A Day" where it belonged - a solid #2, just behind the Cocteau's "Heaven Or Las Vegas.""
@nathanjs55 6 жыл бұрын
Winston Guitar Victorialand is THE original dream pop album. Should have replaced Yo La Tengo on this list. Just For A Day is on their Shoegaze list, I believe.
@Dangermoose-rv6bb 6 жыл бұрын
Guys, there is no such thing as a definitive list. Just opinions.
@nathanjs55 6 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@EclecticoIconoclasta 6 жыл бұрын
Also one by Hope sandoval and the warm inventions instead of the two beach house
@nicholasromig5506 6 жыл бұрын
Slowdive are shoegaze, not dream pop.
@rigobertosolorzano8568 6 жыл бұрын
I loved depression cherry better than the other beach house albums
@deniseshaharkrivosh 6 жыл бұрын
i think Treasure by Cocteau Twins should have been on the 1 place tbh
@mateosilvente743 6 жыл бұрын
And Depression Cherry?, Beach House is pure Dream Pop
@Soundofsilver2007 24 күн бұрын
Do not taje this personally but, Beach House transcend the lazy “Dream Pop” label.
@GeeVoo 4 жыл бұрын
that's very good rating thank you
@rabit818 6 жыл бұрын
I nominate Slow Dive "Souvlaki", Goldfrapp "Felt Mountain"
@bmwx3turbo 6 жыл бұрын
Man I love this hypnagogic bliss.
@svgarer1334 6 жыл бұрын
Long season by fishmans? Its by far the greatest and underrated dream pop album of all time I cant believe they've forgotten :(
@edusvg7 4 жыл бұрын
I would include Clinging to a Scheme and Nocturne in this list as honorable mentions.
@resistor27 6 жыл бұрын
Glad to see On Fire here.Galaxie 500 were awesome. I'll have to check out Beachhouse.
@andylofgren1026 6 жыл бұрын
I’d add Still Corners Creatures of an Hour
@50ShadesOfEndo 6 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna listen to all these albums
@pwnfelix2 6 жыл бұрын
Mazzy
@deepfault 6 жыл бұрын
What about Toro y Moi's "Causers of This"?? That album is such a fucking masterpiece on its own
@buibuibuiestudio5561 6 жыл бұрын
It’s tough for me to get into this genre my dude. My homie Jusin listens to this ALLL the time. I normally like to stay in noise/garage rock, plunderphonics, phycadelic electronica, and industrial rap. Maybe it’s not for me? I’d hate to say that, I love likeing something from every genre
@MarciusWhithood 6 жыл бұрын
I know theyre hardly known but au revoire simone's still light silent night is dream pop heaven. Particular song id recommend anyone to check out is knight of wands
@IanMcCausland 6 жыл бұрын
I actually agree with this list
@michaelpyatt831 2 жыл бұрын
How can you leave out Cocteau twins - Victoria land and treasure ?? Treasure was the album the cures Robert smith listened to getting ready for his wedding!!!
@SaulBadmon 6 жыл бұрын
Y'all did Camp dirty , I'll never forget.
@dinastiachowfan1401 6 жыл бұрын
I would put at least 2 more Beach House albums on this list. And at least 1 Lush album: Split.
@andrefick2077 4 жыл бұрын
Broadcast is criminally underrated
@screamingtrees9619 3 жыл бұрын
Among my swan doesn’t get enough love
@GoldenHairErik 4 жыл бұрын
Here's mine: 10. Ceres & Calypso In The Deep Time - Candy Claws 9. Pygmalion - Slowdive 8. Teen Dream - Beach House 7. Sixty Nine - A.R. Kane 6. Just For A Day - Slowdive 5. Loveless - My Bloody Valentine 4. Treasure - Cocteau Twins 3. Citrus - Asobi Seksu 2. Depression Cherry - Beach house 1. Souvlaki - Slowdive
@Llucmajorer1 3 жыл бұрын
Never love for Dolores and The Cranberries
@DanRodriguez1 6 жыл бұрын
well I have a lot to listen , gonna start with Grouper :)
@aeroxonemusic Жыл бұрын
max & match - loona odd eye circle has some great songs, especially LOONATIC!!!
@sonial1839 3 жыл бұрын
Cool but weird list. i don't think Broadcast nor Yo la tengo fit here, while they have some cool dreamy passages on these records, most of their sound relies on other directions. Krautpop and Noise rock respectively. In that case, why didn't you include ''Deserter's Songs by Mercury Rev,Ladies and Gentlemen by Spiritualized or Disintegration by The Cure?, those are more ''dreamy'' in any case.
@kogen800 6 жыл бұрын
what is the song at the beginning
@andyhodge9703 3 жыл бұрын
Heaven or Las Vegas is by far the best on this list . Cocteau Twins should have at least another two on here though , also have you never heard of My Bloody Valentine ? Easily deserve to be on here .
@sharinfool3825 3 жыл бұрын
Love MBV, but they're shoegaze:)
@dominicaaaaa5547 6 жыл бұрын
Lots of good albums no need for two from beach house though really. A recent favourite would be the cigarettes after sex album whilst it's quite samey and not great lyrically or anything I just think is so nice. Love their music! Also not sure if shes dream pop or just kind of alternative but bat for lashes last one the bride I think is beautiful (8 Dream pop is probably my favourite genre though tbh could probably do a top 50 lol
@gustavodiaz557 4 жыл бұрын
Supongo que no incluyen a slowdive porque uds lo etiquetan como shoegaze, deberia estar just for a day
@cjrichards4342 6 жыл бұрын
Fuckin' Beach House is on the list twice but you couldn't find room for Mew or Candy Claws? Spot on number one, though.
@stlfe 6 жыл бұрын
Grouper!!
@lowlifeisreal 4 жыл бұрын
Where's Melody's Echo Chamber album at this list?
@WibottaZu 6 жыл бұрын
1 second into this, i clicked the video just so i can get mad when they leave out my faves
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